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大変 (たいへん): Terrible / very — Japanese vocabulary

大変 is read たいへん and means "Terrible / very". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

大変

Reading
たいへん · taihen
Translation
Terrible / very
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
たいへんが

Example

引っ越しは大変でした。

ひっこしはたいへんでした。

Moving was hard work.

Kanji in this word

  • 大 — large, big
  • 変 — change

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